Energy Saving Trust talks
The Energy Saving Trust is a Government organisation set up to give free impartial energy advice.
This year we want to get involved in my community events. This would include presentations, talks and information stands. We offer this service for free and we are more than keen to get involved with events in your area.
Contact Simmy Bilkhu, Project Administrator T: 0115 959 7716 F: 0115 948 3211 Website Why not take a look at our other website: Grow Your Own Energy!
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| PR Guide for Charities |
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Many organisation contact us for help publicising their organisation.
Abbey Charitable Trust has produced this useful booklet that gives you the basics, including writing press releases.
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Mental Health Action Week Forum
Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust has pleasure in inviting you to an open forum supporting Mental Health Action week.
If you already have an interest in mental health issues, or just
want to find out more about our services and campaigns, we will be delighted to see you.
Members of the Trust Board and senior staff will be available to
answer any questions you may have regarding the trust's services and in particular our application for foundation trust status.
April 16 2009
4.00 pm to 6.00 pm, The Spot, 73 Sacheveral Street, Derby, Derbyshire DE1 2JR
For further details please telephone, The Membership Office, 01332 623700 ext. 3335.
Displays and information.
Free to attend.
Parking available.
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Dear Member
This issue includes information on possible funding, information on how the Government wants to help you weather the recession, to training courses and events.
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We want to hear about any news, advice, events and opportunities that could benefit other voluntary and community groups. Click here to contact me. | |
 Esmée Fairbairn FoundationThe Esmée Fairbairn Foundation aims to improve the quality of life throughout the UK. They do this by funding the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. They take pride in supporting work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund. Last year they committed approximately £25 million towards a wide range of work.
They welcome your suggestions about how they can help your organisation. They are particularly interested in hearing about how the work you are proposing:
Addresses a significant gap in provision;
Develops or strengthens good practice;
Challenges convention or takes a risk in order to address a difficult issue;
Tests out new ideas or practices;
Takes an enterprising approach to achieving your aims; or
Sets out to influence policy or change behaviour more widely.
If you ask for their assistance, you should tell them how much you need. The average Esmée Fairbairn grant is worth about £50,000, but they are happy to consider requests for less or more money. More details are on the website. |
 Young Roots Programme
Providing grants of between £3,000 and £25,000, the Young Roots Programme aims to involve 13 to 25 year-olds in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement.
Young Roots projects stem directly from young peoples' interests and ideas, harnessing their creativity and energy and helping them work with others in their local community.
Young Roots is a rolling programme and there are no deadlines for applications. To receive a Young Roots grant, your project must relate to the varied heritage of the UK and: provide new opportunities for a wider range of young people aged 13 to 25 to learn about their own and others' heritage; allow young people to lead and take part in creative and engaging activities; develop partnerships between youth organisations and heritage organisations; and create opportunities to celebrate young people's achievements in the project and share their learning with the wider community.
Your project must also create either: opportunities for young people to volunteer in heritage; or new opportunities for young people to gain skills in identifying, recording, interpreting or caring for heritage.
To apply for this grant, please follow the steps set out in the HLF's website |
 Real Help for Communities: Volunteers, Charities and Social Enterprises
£42.5 million worth of government measures have been announced to support the third sector during the recession.
We will bring you summaries from this report for the next few weeks, as they could affect you and your organisation.
More information is available at the Cabinet Office for the Third Sector's website.
1. Meeting Demand for Services and Tackling Unemployment
The Government will target £15 million of the action plan's £42.5 million of measures at advice, employment, mental health, family breakdown, drug and/or alcohol use services and invest £16 million in local services in communities that are at greatest risk of deprivation. This will involve the following key actions:
- Up to £10 million investment in a volunteer brokerage scheme for unemployed people will create over 40,000 opportunities for people to learn new skills and give back to communities through volunteering;
- A new pilot accreditation process and independent ombudsman for the Department for Work and Pension's Code of Conduct will better protect the interests of smaller, specialist and third sector welfare to work providers; and
- A £15.5 million Community Resilience Fund will provide grant funding to small and medium providers in the local areas that are most at risk of deprivation.
- A national campaign to raise awareness of the Government's commitment to pay invoices within 10 days.
Find out more at the Roadshows planned for the summer: East Midlands: Leicester, Peepul Centre, Tuesday 9 June.
Watch this space for more information and further summaries of sections.
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Community Climate Action
Want to make your community
stronger, happier and more resilient?
There are hundreds of ordinary people across
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire busy turning their own
towns and villages in to 'low carbon communities'.
Don't let your community get left behind!
Sign up to a free email bulletin for updates on funding,
training, events, news and more.
See the website for downloadable resources and profiles
of low carbon community groups.
Website: www.everybodys-talking.org
Email Jessie Marcham by clicking here, or calling: 01629 580000 x7440 |
 Health and Social Care Tendering Workshop
- Older People, Physical Disability and Mental Health
Tuesday 21 April 2009, 12.15 pm to 4.00 pm
Derby CVS, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby DE1 2GT
A half day learning opportunity for commissioners and voluntary sector providers to share their experiences and perspectives on tendering processes.
This event will:
- Give an opportunity to understand the process and to consider issues from both a commissioner's and a provider's perspective.
- Promote good working relationships between commissioners and voluntary sector providers by achieving a better joint understanding.
- Aim to ensure that future tendering processes are efficient, effective, fair, transparent and achieve value for money and the best outcomes for communities.
Who will benefit from attending this event?
Voluntary sector organisations with some experience of tendering processes, or which expect to be in a position to bid for health and social care contracts within the next few years;
Commissioners of health and social care services with some experience of tendering processes, or who are likely to be involved in tendering processes in the next few years.
Pre-booking is essential. To book your place, please contact Kath Cawdell at Derby CVS on 01332 227733 or email Kath. |
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Volunteers and the Law
 Volunteer Centres Derbyshire are facilitating a Volunteers and the Law workshop on 27 April 2009, 9.30 to 4pm, at Derby Dance Centre.
If you would like more information or to book, please contact Glossop Volunteer Centre on 01457 865722 | |
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Thanks for reading!
Sincerely,
Susannah Salter
Communications Manager Derby CVS | |
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